I agree. The fact that Apple (and Google) took it off their app stores didn't affect the ability of people who already had it to access Parler. It just stunted Parler's growth. I also agree that Amazon's action was the most damaging, because even if you couldn't get the app., you could still get to it with Parler's web interface. By taki…
I agree. The fact that Apple (and Google) took it off their app stores didn't affect the ability of people who already had it to access Parler. It just stunted Parler's growth. I also agree that Amazon's action was the most damaging, because even if you couldn't get the app., you could still get to it with Parler's web interface. By taking down their server, that was gone.
My memory is that Parler was able to get back online in 3 months, but it was still problematic. They were able to back up the user profile information from Amazon, before their server was taken down, but all of the posting data was destroyed. Parler didn't have the time nor the storage capacity to back that up. So, after Parler came back up, and people were able to log in again, all their posts, and comment history were gone.
Shortly after they came back online, they went down again for maybe a month(?), and then were back again. I don't remember what the second outage was about, but by that point, most people were frustrated with it, from what I saw, and left it behind. The service seemed pretty dead after that, with a few exceptions.
Parler shut down last year for lack of revenue. I remember another company bought them, and said they were going to turn it into (I think) some sort of e-commerce business, getting away from social media completely, because, "It's no use competing against Twitter."
According to Wikipedia, new ownership bought Parler in Dec. 2023. I have been getting emails from them which link to a Parler blog that seems to be a news aggregator. Not sure if the social media app is up and running again, but they say they are going to try. Good luck.
I was one of those who gave up on them a long time ago, and the whole landscape has changed while they were out of commission. To be honest the original technology was kind of clunky, so unless they totally re-do that they will not get much interest.
Other options developed, like Truth Social, and GETTR, after Parler was taken down by Big Tech. I think free speech advocates learned some crucial lessons from watching what happened to Parler.
I agree. The fact that Apple (and Google) took it off their app stores didn't affect the ability of people who already had it to access Parler. It just stunted Parler's growth. I also agree that Amazon's action was the most damaging, because even if you couldn't get the app., you could still get to it with Parler's web interface. By taking down their server, that was gone.
My memory is that Parler was able to get back online in 3 months, but it was still problematic. They were able to back up the user profile information from Amazon, before their server was taken down, but all of the posting data was destroyed. Parler didn't have the time nor the storage capacity to back that up. So, after Parler came back up, and people were able to log in again, all their posts, and comment history were gone.
Shortly after they came back online, they went down again for maybe a month(?), and then were back again. I don't remember what the second outage was about, but by that point, most people were frustrated with it, from what I saw, and left it behind. The service seemed pretty dead after that, with a few exceptions.
Parler shut down last year for lack of revenue. I remember another company bought them, and said they were going to turn it into (I think) some sort of e-commerce business, getting away from social media completely, because, "It's no use competing against Twitter."
According to Wikipedia, new ownership bought Parler in Dec. 2023. I have been getting emails from them which link to a Parler blog that seems to be a news aggregator. Not sure if the social media app is up and running again, but they say they are going to try. Good luck.
I was one of those who gave up on them a long time ago, and the whole landscape has changed while they were out of commission. To be honest the original technology was kind of clunky, so unless they totally re-do that they will not get much interest.
Other options developed, like Truth Social, and GETTR, after Parler was taken down by Big Tech. I think free speech advocates learned some crucial lessons from watching what happened to Parler.